Shirt sleeve



Sept. 16 1924-- w. B. FIELDS SHIRT SLEEVE Filed July 28. 1923 IN l EN TO 7% v 1/////am .5. /e his.

477-0 ENE Y5 Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES lew ATENTamen.'

WILLIAM'B. FIELDS, OF LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 FERGUSON-MCKINNEY MANUFACTURING COM PANYyQF' ST. LOUIS, MISSQURI, A. CORPORATION .OF MIS- SOURI.

. Ysnm'r SLEEVE.

Application filed July 12s, 1923. Serial n fcs inia.

To all whomc't may concern: Be it known that. I, WILLIAM B. FIELDs, a citizen of thefUnited States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Shirt Sleeves, of which the following" is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same,

This invention relates to sleeves for mens shirts. I. One-object of my invention is -to provide a sleeve for mens shirtsthat is particularly adapted for use in work shirts, owing to the fact that it'is equipped with a reinforcing element arranged on the underside of the sleeve and extending upwardly from the out? towards the elbow portion of the sleeve Another object is to provide a sleeve for mens shirts that is provided with a placket which is of such construction that there is littleliability of the inner end of the placket tearing. f I i j Another object is to provide a shirt sleeve that is equipped with a double'faced placket that is of. neat appearance and inexpensive to construct. a

And still another object is to provide a shirt sleeve in which a reinforcing element that is arrangedon the underside of the sleeve forms part of, the facing of the placket.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a finished shirt sleeve embodying my invention, but with the cuff of the sleeveomitted.

Figure 2 is a plan view, showingthe reinforcing element slit and arranged flat so as to illustrate how part of said element can be folded to produce superimposed portions that are used to form part of the placket facing.

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan. viewof the finished placket.

Figure 4 is a plan view, showing the two parts of the top facing of the placket secured to the placket slit in the sleeve material, the, upper part of said top facing,

being folded back; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view,.taken on the line 55 of Figure 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In Figure 1 of the drawings .Ihave illustrated a finished shirtsleeve for mens shirts which is provided with a double faced placket and wlth a reinforcing element that is arranged, on the underside of .the sleeve I at one side of the placket, so as to' reinforce,

strengthen and impart greater wear-resist,

ing properties to that portion of a shirt sleeve which is subjectedto excessive wear, thereby producing a sleeve that' is particularly adapted for use in mens work shirts.

The reinforcing element composed of a piece of fabric Asup'erimposed' upon the piece of fabric B from which the sleeve is constructed, and in thepreferred rem t-f my invention, as herein illustrated, the piece of fabric A that constitutes the reinforcing element. is also "used to formpart "of. the

"placket facing. In constructing my improved sleeveIprefer to firstform a vertical slit in the lower edgeportionoftliesleeve material B, then superimpose the reinforcing element A onthe sleeve material and secure the'lowerjend portion of said reinforc ing element tothe sleeve material by a row of stitches 1 that extendsalongjone of the placket slit in the. sleeve material. The

reinforcing element A has previoi'isly been provided with a vertical slit ZthatfeXten'ds downwardlyfrom'the upperedge of said element parallelto one of the side edges of said reinforcing element, .so as to form what I will term a facing portion 3 which is adapted tobe folded over the lower portion of the reinforcing element that is secured to the sleeve material at one edge of the p lacket'slit by the row of stitches 1. In

' igure 2 I have shown the sleeve material folded back andthe facing portion 3 of the reinforcing element A arranged fiat so as to clearly illustrate the construction ofthe placket. and emphasize'one feature of my sleeve which I believe to be broadly new, namely, forming part of the facing of the placket by a facing member which is adapted to be folded or doubled intermediate its ends, thus producing two facing portions, one of which is connected to the sleeve material at one edge of the placket slit in the sleeve ;material and the otherconnected to the "sleeve materialat the other edge of the placket slit. The vertical slit 2 in the re- ,inforcing element" extends downwardly ap proximately'one-half the length of said reinforcing element so that it can be doubled or folded over. along the line 4 of Figure 4,

and eidr ldsdr r. d bled ever 4 po t n. 3 secured fat fone ejd'ge by 'a "row of" stitches 5 to the sleeve material B at the other side of the placket slit in said sleeve material. Theitop'fieing pi'ec'6 oftheplacket iszalso secured totl'ie sleeve material andto the facing portion 3 of the reinforcing element A by the row of stitches 5, as shown in Figure 4. Thereafter the top facing piecefiis v folded longitudinally along the row of stitchesrlaand superlmposedal pon.the facin the; g'k ed sa arts f d1 1 r 'wg herfby r 1 1 Q h 51' ve ma rial byiQiiQ l' IflOff rows of stitchesf8, If dsarQilthe o of shirts,- Owing v I v at 1 he mdeifsi e 'lf' h sleeve extending up- W dly mfil e. Mfi Q.I Q bow pert-ion 0 "sleeve' is provided with 'a-donble2'-aci'ng at placket iiig is composedl U f the fact-" hat the. pprtion m te a d o quen ly, i capab siiqcessfully withstanding greater wear than the conventional Work shirt sleeve whose corresponding portion comprises only a single thickness of 7 material. 1 "The plaeketi-dfi'the both sides of the placket slit, and 'as part of the plaoket facing is formed by one piece of inaterial that isfolded or doubled interni'edi'at'e its ends, the inner end portion of the placket is not' apt to teal", 3 19 Cannot riP l P o" mm. with h lia v nt sn s hiir't sl eveg lack t in, 'whichji h a it ofgs'h rt p1; esL fma r afi e i er ndb it elple kfi e di l d elts of the c ns ft b pens re f parts of ra ged .1 ogethe by as PlQsQWing p Havingthusj fl cribfl nr'ntiQrtiflW I l im s 11W alld'id 's e' e t byihetn ters' Patentis: 65

1 A shirt sleeve provided yith a placket, a reinforcing element formed by alpiecefoi' material a'rrangedon the underside Of cthe sl v at one ide of t epla ket arid 'X-.-

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